Videomex-ONE Video Tracking System

General Information

The Videomex-ONE is a general purpose black and white video tracking system that connects to a PC and operates on the principle of contrast. The object to be tracked is placed against a contrasting background within an observation area. The Videomex-ONE assigns an X-Y coordinate pair to the centroid of the subject. X-Y coordinates are continuously monitored and compared to detect motion. Adjustable limits determine classification of motions into: Resting, Stereotypic and Ambulatory categories. The duration of each activity is totaled within a user-defined interval after raw data is sent to a host PC via RS-232 for storage and presentation.

The observation area can be sectioned into user-defined "zones" and assigned unique identifiers. Movement into a user-defined zone by the object is detected and the number of visits to each zone is scored by the Videomex-ONE. The Videomex-ONE supports up to 95 zones.

The Videomex-ONE is provided with an Windows compatible program that performs a combination of the basic two modes of operation described above: tracking and zone monitoring. The Videomex-ONE requires connection to the RS-232 port of a user supplied IBM PC compatible computer for operation.

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